a:19:{s:8:"theTitle";s:48:"From Conquerors to Converts: Mongol Islamization";s:12:"thePermalink";s:81:"https://www.islamicity.org/93651/from-conquerors-to-converts-mongol-islamization/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:18:"Omar of The Orient";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:56:"https://img.youtube.com/vi/VkP3LUJE3pI/maxresdefault.jpg";s:6:"isWhat";s:5:"video";s:7:"theIcon";s:33:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:43:"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkP3LUJE3pI";s:11:"theCategory";s:44:"cannot-retrieve-category-see-cell-part-1.php";s:6:"theTag";s:73:"Islamic Culture and Civilization|/topics/islamic-culture-and-civilization";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Jun 20 2024";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:42:"November 27, 2023 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:45:"Omar of The Orient|/source/omar-of-the-orient";s:5:"theID";i:93651;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"3 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:186:"In this video, Omar of the Orient, delves into the pivotal historical moment when the Mongols, originally known for their destructive conquests in the Muslim world, underwent a pro......";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:48:"From Conquerors to Converts: Mongol Islamization";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on post_tag=baghdad";s:8:"theFacet";s:0:"";}

a:19:{s:8:"theTitle";s:42:"Islam's 'Golden Age': Rise of the Abbasids";s:12:"thePermalink";s:72:"https://www.islamicity.org/93020/islams-golden-age-rise-of-the-abbasids/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:15:"Epic History Tv";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:56:"https://img.youtube.com/vi/7B5J7nQEp0Y/maxresdefault.jpg";s:6:"isWhat";s:5:"video";s:7:"theIcon";s:33:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:43:"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B5J7nQEp0Y";s:11:"theCategory";s:44:"cannot-retrieve-category-see-cell-part-1.php";s:6:"theTag";s:27:"Palestine|/topics/palestine";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Nov 19 2023";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:42:"November 18, 2023 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:39:"Epic History Tv|/source/epic-history-tv";s:5:"theID";i:93020;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"59 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:186:"In the 8th century Middle East, a new dynasty seized control of one of the world’s greatest empires – the Islamic Caliphate. Though little remembered in the west today, the ......";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:42:"Islam's 'Golden Age': Rise of the Abbasids";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on post_tag=baghdad";s:8:"theFacet";s:0:"";}

a:19:{s:8:"theTitle";s:33:"When Christians First Met Muslims";s:12:"thePermalink";s:67:"https://www.islamicity.org/77928/when-christians-first-met-muslims/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:12:"Michael Penn";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:56:"https://img.youtube.com/vi/kzJojqPy7NQ/maxresdefault.jpg";s:6:"isWhat";s:5:"video";s:7:"theIcon";s:33:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:43:"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzJojqPy7NQ";s:11:"theCategory";s:44:"cannot-retrieve-category-see-cell-part-1.php";s:6:"theTag";s:23:"baghdad|/topics/baghdad";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Dec 17 2021";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:39:"April 28, 2021 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:29:"Michael Penn|/by/michael-penn";s:5:"theID";i:77928;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"7 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:156:"If history matters, then getting right the history of the first encounters of the world’s two largest religions—Christianity and Islam—really matters.";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:33:"When Christians First Met Muslims";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on post_tag=baghdad";s:8:"theFacet";s:0:"";}

a:19:{s:8:"theTitle";s:39:"Playing Al-Qaeda Card to the Last Iraqi";s:12:"thePermalink";s:72:"https://www.islamicity.org/5713/playing-al-qaeda-card-to-the-last-iraqi/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:13:"Nicola Nasser";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:80:"/global/images/photo/IC-Articles/Iraq-pain__800x626.JPG";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:44:"cannot-retrieve-category-see-cell-part-1.php";s:6:"theTag";s:43:"conflicts and war|/topics/conflicts-and-war";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Feb 14 2014";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:42:"February 13, 2014 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:31:"Nicola Nasser|/by/nicola-nasser";s:5:"theID";i:5713;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"17 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:187:"It is obvious that the U.S. administration is continuing its war on Iraq by the Iraqi ruling proxies who had been left behind when the American combat mission was ended in December 2011. ";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:39:"Playing Al-Qaeda Card to the Last Iraqi";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on post_tag=baghdad";s:8:"theFacet";s:0:"";}

a:19:{s:8:"theTitle";s:25:"The Lost Cities of Genius";s:12:"thePermalink";s:58:"https://www.islamicity.org/3576/the-lost-cities-of-genius/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:23:"Michael Hamilton Morgan";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:89:"/global/images/photo/IC-Articles/baghabbasiddesert__1200x400.JPG";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:44:"cannot-retrieve-category-see-cell-part-1.php";s:6:"theTag";s:29:"interfaith|/topics/interfaith";s:7:"theDate";s:10:"Jul 2 2009";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:12:"July 2, 2009";s:9:"theAuthor";s:51:"Michael Hamilton Morgan|/by/michael-hamilton-morgan";s:5:"theID";i:3576;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"5 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:126:"'Who are you?' the frightened caliph ask. I am Aristotle, 'the spirit says. 'And why have you come to me?' Asks the caliph... ";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:25:"The Lost Cities of Genius";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on post_tag=baghdad";s:8:"theFacet";s:0:"";}

a:19:{s:8:"theTitle";s:58:"Media Language and War: Manufacturing Convenient Realities";s:12:"thePermalink";s:90:"https://www.islamicity.org/3255/media-language-and-war-manufacturing-convenient-realities/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:12:"Ramzy Baroud";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:44:"cannot-retrieve-category-see-cell-part-1.php";s:6:"theTag";s:43:"conflicts and war|/topics/conflicts-and-war";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Feb 13 2008";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:17:"February 13, 2008";s:9:"theAuthor";s:29:"Ramzy Baroud|/by/ramzy-baroud";s:5:"theID";i:3255;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"15 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:187:"The true story will always be shelved in favor of re-written official statements and repackaged government and military press releases, falsely presented as'accurate','independent' and...";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:58:"Media Language and War: Manufacturing Convenient Realities";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on post_tag=baghdad";s:8:"theFacet";s:0:"";}

a:19:{s:8:"theTitle";s:44:"Who Benefits from Shia-Sunni strife in Iraq?";s:12:"thePermalink";s:76:"https://www.islamicity.org/2824/who-benefits-from-shia-sunni-strife-in-iraq/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:11:"Dahr Jamail";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:44:"cannot-retrieve-category-see-cell-part-1.php";s:6:"theTag";s:17:"iraq|/topics/iraq";s:7:"theDate";s:10:"Mar 6 2006";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:13:"March 6, 2006";s:9:"theAuthor";s:27:"Dahr Jamail|/by/dahr-jamail";s:5:"theID";i:2824;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"10 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:126:"The most important question to ask regarding the bombings of the Golden Mosque in Samarra on February 22nd is - Who benefits? ";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:44:"Who Benefits from Shia-Sunni strife in Iraq?";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on post_tag=baghdad";s:8:"theFacet";s:0:"";}

a:19:{s:8:"theTitle";s:42:"Battles flare as insurgents vow resistance";s:12:"thePermalink";s:75:"https://www.islamicity.org/2276/battles-flare-as-insurgents-vow-resistance/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:17:"Ghaith Abdul-Ahad";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:44:"cannot-retrieve-category-see-cell-part-1.php";s:6:"theTag";s:17:"iraq|/topics/iraq";s:7:"theDate";s:10:"Apr 6 2004";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:13:"April 6, 2004";s:9:"theAuthor";s:39:"Ghaith Abdul-Ahad|/by/ghaith-abdul-ahad";s:5:"theID";i:2276;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"7 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:180:"Militiamen loyal to radical Shi'a cleric Moqtada al Sadr fought gun battles with foreign troops in southern Iraq on Tuesday, with their leaders vowing to resist the United States. ";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:42:"Battles flare as insurgents vow resistance";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on post_tag=baghdad";s:8:"theFacet";s:0:"";}

a:19:{s:8:"theTitle";s:35:"US forces strike Fallujah & Baghdad";s:12:"thePermalink";s:66:"https://www.islamicity.org/2275/us-forces-strike-fallujah-baghdad/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"The Daily Star";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:44:"cannot-retrieve-category-see-cell-part-1.php";s:6:"theTag";s:37:"saddam hussein|/topics/saddam-hussein";s:7:"theDate";s:10:"Apr 5 2004";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:13:"April 5, 2004";s:9:"theAuthor";s:33:"The Daily Star|/by/the-daily-star";s:5:"theID";i:2275;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"4 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:110:"US helicopter gun-ships opened fire as tanks rumbled through Baghdad's sprawling Shuala district yesterday .. ";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:40:"US forces strike Fallujah & Baghdad";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on post_tag=baghdad";s:8:"theFacet";s:0:"";}

a:19:{s:8:"theTitle";s:52:"What Israel does to Palestine - we are doing to Iraq";s:12:"thePermalink";s:83:"https://www.islamicity.org/2097/what-israel-does-to-palestine-we-are-doing-to-iraq/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:11:"Robert Fisk";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:44:"cannot-retrieve-category-see-cell-part-1.php";s:6:"theTag";s:37:"saddam hussein|/topics/saddam-hussein";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Jul 20 2003";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:13:"July 20, 2003";s:9:"theAuthor";s:27:"Robert Fisk|/by/robert-fisk";s:5:"theID";i:2097;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"7 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:371:"How can we ever protest Israel's flagrant violation of UN Resolution 242 and its occupation of Palestinian territory when the United States is occupying the entire ancient land of Iraq after illegally invading the country, killing thousands of its civilians, taking over its oil fields and then failing even to capture the murderous dictator who brutalised his own people";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:52:"What Israel does to Palestine - we are doing to Iraq";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on post_tag=baghdad";s:8:"theFacet";s:0:"";}

a:19:{s:8:"theTitle";s:46:"Battling for the soul of the American republic";s:12:"thePermalink";s:79:"https://www.islamicity.org/2031/battling-for-the-soul-of-the-american-republic/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:13:"Ahmad Faruqui";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:44:"cannot-retrieve-category-see-cell-part-1.php";s:6:"theTag";s:43:"conflicts and war|/topics/conflicts-and-war";s:7:"theDate";s:10:"May 1 2003";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:11:"May 1, 2003";s:9:"theAuthor";s:31:"Ahmad Faruqui|/by/ahmad-faruqui";s:5:"theID";i:2031;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"33 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:216:"As the battle for Baghdad comes to a close in Iraq, a battle for the soul of the American republic has begun in Washington. This is a battle of ideas being waged by people with an imperial concept of American power. ";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:46:"Battling for the soul of the American republic";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on post_tag=baghdad";s:8:"theFacet";s:0:"";}

a:19:{s:8:"theTitle";s:34:"Heading Toward an Historic Mistake";s:12:"thePermalink";s:67:"https://www.islamicity.org/2026/heading-toward-an-historic-mistake/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:15:"Haroon Siddiqui";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:44:"cannot-retrieve-category-see-cell-part-1.php";s:6:"theTag";s:17:"iraq|/topics/iraq";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Apr 26 2003";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:14:"April 26, 2003";s:9:"theAuthor";s:35:"Haroon Siddiqui|/by/haroon-siddiqui";s:5:"theID";i:2026;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"7 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:235:"The remarkable pilgrimage by about 1 million faithful, including women, to the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala is the first real symbol of post-Saddam Iraq. It is of far more import than the photo-op toppling of his statue in Baghdad.";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:34:"Heading Toward an Historic Mistake";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on post_tag=baghdad";s:8:"theFacet";s:0:"";}

a:19:{s:8:"theTitle";s:31:"Iraqi Liberation In Perspective";s:12:"thePermalink";s:64:"https://www.islamicity.org/1987/iraqi-liberation-in-perspective/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:12:"Ahmed Faruqi";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:44:"cannot-retrieve-category-see-cell-part-1.php";s:6:"theTag";s:17:"iraq|/topics/iraq";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Mar 26 2003";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:39:"March 26, 2003 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:29:"Ahmed Faruqi|/by/ahmed-faruqi";s:5:"theID";i:1987;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"8 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:158:"The current military operation represents a major inflection point in its history, perhaps in the history of the Middle East, and possibly in world history. ";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:31:"Iraqi Liberation In Perspective";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on post_tag=baghdad";s:8:"theFacet";s:0:"";}

a:19:{s:8:"theTitle";s:40:"Forces dimming the Light of the Crescent";s:12:"thePermalink";s:73:"https://www.islamicity.org/7621/forces-dimming-the-light-of-the-crescent/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:13:"Mohamed Khodr";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:44:"cannot-retrieve-category-see-cell-part-1.php";s:6:"theTag";s:17:"iraq|/topics/iraq";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Mar 18 2003";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:39:"March 18, 2003 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:31:"Mohamed Khodr|/by/mohamed-khodr";s:5:"theID";i:7621;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"23 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:163:"There is no shame or limit to their defamation of Islam. Given the naivet of the American people these extremists will "create havoc for their own self-interest."";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:40:"Forces dimming the Light of the Crescent";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on post_tag=baghdad";s:8:"theFacet";s:0:"";}

a:19:{s:8:"theTitle";s:38:"Saddam: The seemingly immortal beloved";s:12:"thePermalink";s:69:"https://www.islamicity.org/553/saddam-the-seemingly-immortal-beloved/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:13:"Ali Asadullah";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:44:"cannot-retrieve-category-see-cell-part-1.php";s:6:"theTag";s:17:"iraq|/topics/iraq";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Feb 25 2000";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:17:"February 25, 2000";s:9:"theAuthor";s:31:"Ali Asadullah|/by/ali-asadullah";s:5:"theID";i:553;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"10 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:342:"Not that Baghdad ever was known for its visual splendor after dark; but at one time visitors could at least expect the city to greet them with a simple politeness becoming of a nation's capital. Unfortunately, in 2000, such politeness has been replaced by a cold indifference that leaves the weary traveler's first glimpses rather unfulfilled";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:38:"Saddam: The seemingly immortal beloved";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on post_tag=baghdad";s:8:"theFacet";s:0:"";}